Installing Pygame

Pygame can be somewhat difficult to install for a beginner so here are scripts that can install Pygame more easily (download the right file for your operating system then double click on the file):

	:: A script to install pygame for Windows
	:: download this script and run ./installpygame.bat
	curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
	python get-pip.py
	pip install pygame
	del /f get-pip.py

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	# An easy script to install pygame for Linux and Mac
	# download this script and run ./installpygame.sh
	wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
	python3 get-pip.py
	python3 -m pip install -U pygame --user
	rm get-pip.py

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It's preferable if the user has admin permissions.

Other Common Problems

Naming a File pygame.py

AttributeError: module 'pygame' has no attribute 'init'

This kind of problem occurs when there is a file in the same folder as the file you're trying to run called pygame.py. When importing, Python will first check the files in the folder to see if there's a module written by the user before checking elsewhere—basically don't name files pygame.py

Conclusion

Hopefully this made it easier to install Pygame, happy coding!